Minutes: May 2, 2012


AGENDA- Place your items under your name please

Andy Torris

Orion Webber

Amanda DeCardy
Using active directory to pull equitrac, apple servers (including iWeb) and Windows servers under a single sign-on. Still using current Dell computers to update student passwords?
Fall Lion upgrade schedule for MS/HS and teachers
Mac Rollout Dates Confirmed
4 year computer plan for students and teachers as they break
Email migration update from Anna/Orion
  • How far back will we archive for teachers?
  • Let's get DELL workstations set up to access Groupwise so that teachers can export contact list. (Can't be done in Mac version). They may need to do this for summer since the contact list will be part of the migration/archive.
Charging Stations - don't work with the Macbook Pros since the lock is on opposite side
Apple Distinguished School application update
Apple Open House event planned for September
Video Portal upgrade over summer?
The cleaning and inventory of damages on 6th grade machines/chargers over summer.
Computer bag order for next year
Lock order for next year
Solution Keys computer buy-back program update
Out in Shanghai Days plan for next staff?

Simon Power

Middle school MUN requesting website....similar to
http://www.cissmun.org/cissmun/
Any chance of buying domain and install Wordpress?
SHASMUN.com?
Who is coming back when. Simon
-Dungan August 3rd
-Amanda July 26
-Kris August 1
-Simon Power
-Simon May July 19th (First day school 30th July unless needed earlier)
-Amy
-Bobby
-Pat

Pat McMahon
Demise of Jing Pro - Lion Screencasting + Skitch = free, free - Pat
Screencast of mail client (not male client, Simon P!!!)? - Pat
Gallery Photo Portal - status? - Pat
Re-evaluating Mac purchases - licensing concerns - seems like an overwhelming number of students/parents have gone out and purchased a MBP - are we fighting an uphill battle? Is it plausible for parents to pay a fee and we slap on an image? - Pat

Bobby Hendricks

Jeff Dungan
ES PE and Tech
-Need server space to host video that will follow kids from K-5-Have been told impossible in the past (2009/2010), what can we do to support? Any changes in past replies to this request with new migration/servers?
-Pictures
-Movies
-Voice recording
-Wireless signal out on the fields for iPads

iPads
-What do we do about testing apps or a division that wants to test an app(s)? How do we/they go about reimbursement? Should we develop some sort of protocol for this? Form?
-How do we get more gift cards when we (division) needs them?

Orientation-Who, What, When, Where?

Outlook
-Working on mobile devices
-Client
-Naming conventions for folders and calendars
-Who will manage calendars? Is this necessary?

MAP Testing Tech Issues
-New Testtaker version-However, dependent on if we switch to Lion or not

New Hires PD?
-Push out Moodle Site? Worth it?
-OSDs? Who, when, where?
-Other alternatives-Over summer voluntary online synchronous tech help sessions (office hours)?

Kris Sheehan
-Feedback from this year's new hires about orientation?
-Network volume naming
-Cross server volumes (Students, Yearbook) confusing for teachers
-Procedure for getting folders on the East and West drives
-Temp folder time frame/procedure for clearing out

Simon May
Roll out 2012 Summer (Simon)
  • New Students
  • Returning Students
Lion? Simon
Teachers who bring their own Mac
New Teachers (What will they get)
Document Cameras?
What are we doing for new teacher Orientation? ( Moodle update?)
Email migration plan update?


Notes 05/02/2012

New Teacher Orientation
-Pudong TRFs all back in time for New Teach Orientation
-Puxi-McMahon back for new teacher orientation, Sheehan Available 8/2 or 8/3 for a half a day, Jeff 8/6

Out in Shanghai Days
-Two-one day OSDs split divisionally
-Mid Sept. week of Sept. 4th and 11th suggested dates
**

Orion

Email Update
-IBM will be at meeting to answer our questions
-Questions about archiving still need to be answered
-All teachers before they leave will need to login to Outlook web access before leaving
-Switch over to Outlook will take place over the summer. Firm.
-Still fuzzy on what will be migrated from Novell to Outlook
-Contacts (frequent) will need to be exported by teachers/staff using a PC. Cannot do it on a MAC
-Teachers will receive an email notifying them as a switch. Will be rolling message as accounts are switched


Questions for IBM
-Calendaring
-Setting up Client and Mobile devices
-Chose between Web Client and Client versions

Action:
-Figure out exporting of contacts (Frequent) and publish directions
-Come up with magic number for limit of emails for archiving

Server Questions
-Folders on East/West Network
-Names of staff members who will need access to east/west folders so Anna can grant read/write to those people.
-TEMP will be NOT be cleaned out for this summer. In future, looking at the end of every year depending on space

Equitrax
- ? Anything to add here?

Windows Servers-Students
-TRFs need training on setting up on student folders/permissions on windows servers
-Bobby has offered to do the training early and then share out to TRFs

Bags/Cable Locks
-Order all new bags 6th grade
Locks-Order only enough for replacements

Tech Fees
- ? Anything to add here?


Lion?
-Going to Lion next year school wide.
-More RAM for teacher old Macbooks?
-Old Teacher Machines-First steps-Reimaging, 2nd-Orion makes the call on whether these teachers get newer white macbook
-

Single Sign On
-Equitrax, Windows servers, Apple Servers including iWeb should all be functioning with Active Directory

Video Portal
-Keep old one running and start new video portal with new version until June 2013
-New version Social Media
-Disable logons for old Vid Portal
-Get this out to staff and will have to show teachers how to create new account on new Vid Server.